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Blood Car

Really Dumb

Film

Bonus Features

Main Plot Points:

A kindergarten teacher invents a car that runs on human blood to combat high gas prices in Blood Car, a horror/comedy from first time director Alex Orr. In the first feature film from Fake Wood Wallpaper Films, narrative conventions and predictable, by-the-book plotlines are left behind in favor of an absurdist look at a future in which no one drives due to $40-a-gallon gasoline prices.

Both a satire on our voracious habit for oil as well as a cleverly structured horror film, Blood Car will make you cringe and laugh at the same time.

What We Thought:

Blood Car wants to be a really funny, dark comedy, but unfortunately it’s just dumb.

I didn’t find it funny or entertaining or scary or anything.

Even the gore isn’t very good. There’s some blood and one scene (when half a person is in the trunk) is pretty good, but that’s it.

The lead has no charisma. The actress that isn’t Anna Chlumsky isn’t very good.

And why are people having sex in cars? Ok I get it, you can’t afford gas, but why have sex in cars that are just sitting there? Why not have sex in a bedroom?

I’m sure the film is supposed to say something about gas prices and the economy or what not, but the film is a complete waste of time so I’m not going to try to find some hidden message in it.

Blood Car was made years ago. I don’t know if it was out on DVD before, but even if it was, I don’t recommend it at all.

Special Features:

Theatrical Trailer

Two Shorts From the Fake Wood Wallpaper Film Collective (The Adventure and The $100 Short Short)